Mother Cat

by Carrie Lowrance

Brand new motherHappy as can beWith four little babies huddled beside meHear my owner's parents talkingTheir foreign languageFills my heart with burdenAnd I am slowly learningThat my children will be given awayOnly to fill some human's gleeOne by one they'll be taken awayDepriving meHoping to see them again one dayGrown and proudOne day

Carrie Lowrance is the author of Mother Cat and Cat. You can find both poems in her book, The Safety Of Objects. Digital version is available through Smashwords, Barnes&Noble, ibooks, Kobo, and other fine ebook retailers. Print version available through Amazon and Createspace. Carrie is a cat lover who adores her faithful companion, Colin.